zeitimpuls shortfilm 17:22 100 % zeitimpuls shortfilm FESTIVAL 17-22 JUNE 2019 METRO Kinokulturhaus schikaneder Klimt Villa Vienna zeitimpuls shortfilm 17:22 99 % BIG SCREEN FOR SHORT FILMS! This is the motto of zeitimpuls shortfilm for already eleven years. In 2019 we tried to reach the limitlessness and quickly encountered burning questions and limitations. 3200 submissions from over 120 countries seemed boundless to our small team. But the work was worth it: In the next 5 days we can invite you to a boundless journey in the cinema. Climate Change, Nationalism, Equal Rights and Human Rights – (almost) limitless are the topics of films from all over the world and span a program as colorful as we humans are! We are looking forward to an exciting week at the zeitimpuls short- film festival 2019! zeitimpuls shortfilm 17:22 98 % LIMITLESS Boundless freedom, a human dream! Every day you meet it! A dream whose appearance is greater than the actual being. After all, we are constantly witnessing how new borders are being built in favor of se- curity and limitlessness. Limits, which must be questioned in order not to lose sight of the real. Ken Nilles, from the team of zeitimpuls We all face boundaries every day, overcome them, and change them. Sometimes conscious, but often unconscious. Our actions are cons- tantly determined by borders. For some conscience sets limits, and others are limited by knowledge. We need to rethink all our borders and related actions in order to set the right boundaries and eliminate unnecessary borders. Because awareness of one‘s own limits and the limits of others is an important component of a functioning society. Nell Heuer, from the team of zeitimpuls The term borderless always seems to find its way in the same topics of a tiny political spectrum. That’s why the definition of borderless seems to be connected with political discussions although it is a conception that appears in our everyday day life all the time. Jassin Bsahry, from the Together filmteam zeitimpuls shortfilm 17:22 97 % PROGRAM zeitimpuls shortfilm 2019 | 18-22. June 2019 Tuesday, June 18, 2019 METRO Kinokulturhaus (Eric Pleskow Saal) 09:00 Cool for school! Tuesday, June 18, 2019 METRO Kinokulturhaus (Eric Pleskow Saal) 11:00 Cool for school! Tuesday, June 18, 2019 schikaneder 19:15 We are political! Official Selection Part 1 Wednesday, June 19, 2019 METRO Kinokulturhaus (Historischer Saal) 10:00 zeitimpuls Junior Awards Show Wednesday, June 19, 2019 METRO Kinokulturhaus (Eric Pleskow Saal) 20:00 Just great! Official Selection Part 2 Thursday, June 20, 2019 METRO Kinokulturhaus (Historischer Saal) 20:00 zeitimpuls Award 2019 Friday, June 21, 2019 METRO Kinokulturhaus (Eric Pleskow Saal) 20:00 Women’sFilmEvening Saturday, June 22, 2019 METRO Kinokulturhaus (Historischer Saal) 19:00 HumanRightsEvening zeitimpuls shortfilm 17:22 96 % THE JURY 2019 Barbara Eppensteiner Media pedagogue and expert in par- ticipatory processes in the field of culture has been working for Okto TV since 2005. She has designed and built the community channel, whose program is pro-active in promoting social diversity and diversity, not just affirming but actively encoura- ging diversity, along with its dedica- ted team. Knut Elstermann Studies in journalism, then news editorial ND and work for the GDR magazine “Film Mirror”, to 1991 mo- derator and cultural editor at the youth radio DT 64, since 1992 free- lance film journalist, especially for the RBB radio, for the MDR, docu- mentaries and books. His book “ Ger- das Schweigen” (2005) was filmed documentary in 2008. zeitimpuls shortfilm 17:22 95 % THE JURY 2019 Constanze Fischer She lives and works in Vienna as a freelance scriptwriter. Her main activity is television en- tertainment. Klaus Blaudzun lives and works in Rostock. First Germanist (Li- terary Studies), after co-founding Institute for New Media Rostock 1993 there until today Pro- ject Manager Film and Media Workshop. Since 2004 co-organizer FiSH – Festival in StadtHafen Rostock with competition for the young German short film up to 27 years. As a producer, annual short film productions in cooperation with the Rostock University of Music and Drama. Florian Razocha Independent cameraman and video producer as well as filmmaker from Vienna. He is co-foun- der of the honorary organized and freely acces- sible “Kunstmue Festival Bad Goisern”. The small Open Air Festival in Upper Austria is also based on the idea of using the unifying power of music to promote a community of people from diverse parts of the population. zeitimpuls shortfilm 17:22 94 % zeitimpuls SHORTFILM CONTEST 2019 Limitless was the theme of this year‘s zeitimpuls shortfilm contest. In addition to the usual numerous submission categories for filmmakers, and amateurs, adolescents and children, we launched with our coope- ration partner EUNIC Austria the call Take your Mobile and remem- ber! in March 2019. Thirty years of the opening of the Iron Curtain gave reason to call for innovative cinematic commemorative work on a historical event that had far-reaching consequences especially for Austria. zeitimpuls AWARD 2019 – THE NOMINATED FILMS AN ADDRESS TO A PRESIDENT Director/Writer/Producer/Camera/Actor/Edit/Colour Grading and Sound: Neno Belchov 01:20; USA, Bulgaria Synopsis: This extremely short video is just my very sponta- neous and non-official address to the US president. AUGENZEUGE Director/Writer/Producer: Daniela Huber/David Ketter 01:48; Austria Synopsis: A collage of eyewitness accounts of people who lived in the border area between Upper Austria and the Czech Repu- blic at the time of the Iron Curtain. The representative eyewit- ness (David Ketter) reports on the experiences and experiences exclusively on site. BACK TO THE ROOTS Production-Team: Nathalie Kirchler, Lena Vogler, Alexander Kulaita and Felix Scharnagl 02:00; Austria Synopsis: Arno has literally shut himself off from the out- side world for fear of terror and violence. He leaves the house only for shopping. But when it suddenly rings at his door, he is brought back to the bottom of the facts. zeitimpuls shortfilm 17:22 93 % zeitimpuls AWARD 2019 – THE NOMINATED FILMS COMMENTS Book & Director: Jannis Alexander Kiefer; Producer: Milena Schäpers; Camera: Adam Graf; Montage: Kathrin Unger; Sound: Clemens Ruh 04:58; Germany Synopsis: A look at the current digital legacy of our society in four chapters: Comments from social networks are reprinted with (amateur) performers. DEATH OF THE WORLD Director/Writer: Evrim İnci; 01:00; Turkey Synopsis: Animals witness this unfortunate condition of the world. But they can not give any reactions. DIGI STADT Director/Writer/Producer: DI Ylva Haberlandt and Marlies Katzler, Julia Lucijic, Patricia Neidhard, Stefanie Nissl, Hannah Schöner, Noemi Stubits und Lisa Zöhrer 01:11; Austria Synopsis: A diligent robot tries to clean up an electronic waste dump. At the same time, his emotions are initially shown until „cardiac arrest“. The robot dies and becomes elec- tronic waste itself. The only ray of hope is a passing bird. The wishful thinking behind this dystopia is to give digital modernity aface that reflects the consideration of ecolo- gical resources and an increase in social justice. DREAM Director/Writer/Producer: Dominik Downarowicz, Andreas Reisenbauer; Animation/KI: Dominik Downarowicz; Actor/Editing: Andreas Reisenbauer 01:40; Austria Synopsis: Are our dreams or thoughts really free? Dream was done with the use of a self programmed artificial intelligence. zeitimpuls shortfilm 17:22 92 % zeitimpuls AWARD 2019 – THE NOMINATED FILMS GRENZENLOS Writer: Judith Amon, Anna Basic, Mona Coursolle 01:40; Austria Synopsis: „You are what you eat.“ Following this slogan, the life cycle of chicken schnitzel is traced on a human body. From the rapid death of the male chicks to consumption, the origin of our animal foods is shown on the basis of chickens. HOME Director: Jonas Juškaitis; Sound Composer: Skomantas Duoplys 01:43; Lithuania Synopsis: A short experimental film focusing on travelling ex- perience and it‘s correlation to what we call Home and what it means to us. Mainly consisting of ticket scans, notes and dra- wings gathered from many journeys in recent years, video is merged into a universal experience which viewer can relate HOME OF THE TIGER Director/Writer/Producer: Rishabh Arora; Animation: Chih-Chen Yang, Frozia Khalife 01:50; UK Synopsis: On the edge of the Sunderbans, two Bengal Tigers make the journey to escape a flood and contend with the loss of their home. Inspired by Benjamin Britten’s Opera ‘Noye’s Fludde’, this film attempts to make a comment on habitat loss due to human intervention and climate change, along with the history and impending future of migration in Bengal. IRGENDWANN Director/Writer/Producer: Kuesti Fraun 00:30; Germany Synopsis: What do political system changes and gambling have in common? zeitimpuls shortfilm 17:22 91 % zeitimpuls AWARD 2019 – THE NOMINATED FILMS KEIN WORT Director: Bartosz Słomowicz; Writer: Maja Pietkiewicz; Producer: Zespół Szkół nr 1 in Wałbrzych; 01:30; Poland Synopsis: Story of a cheerful girl who is abused and whose life ends tragically. KEYS Director/Writer/Producer/Actor: Basem Saefo; I. Direct; Khalid Moubaid 05:11; Austria Synopsis: A short film about the relationship between the thought and the life and how to find the solution to normal- ize his everyday life. KOPFKINO Director: Jennifer Dünser 01:25; Austria Synopsis: What is really limitless? A question that is not so easy to answer ... every single head out there, in this world, has its own thoughts, ideas, and dreams - there is a vast uni- verse of fantasy in us that borders on infinity. This film is the canvas for your own head cinema, written and shot by everyone himself from limitless ideas. LE VIVRE ENSEMBLE Director/Writer/Producer: José Luis Santos Pérez 09:38; Spain Synopsis: Julien manages a school at a Paris suburb.